The NCAA Tournament Thread

[SJU85]

Heard the Announcer say “Traore BYU drives to the basket….” For a second I thought…

I assume he’s not related to our Traore?

I don’t recall if it is BYU, but I caught one team recently who had two players with the last name Traore.

 

[SJU85]

Ahhhhhh - that's comical. I should probably focus on work now......

I can still hate Z Wilson can't I!?

Hate is such a strong word but yes.

 

[SJU85]

This AD could be the biggest d*ck in sports since Billy Tubbs

The wrong guy got fired.

 

[bamafan]

I don’t recall if it is BYU, but I caught one team recently who had two players with the last name Traore.

Every team has at least one Traore on it.

 

[paultzman]

From Barkley

 

[RedStormRising]

I said what I said

There was a stretch of time where you could automatically pencil Izzo into the sweet 16. I think Lawmanfan might be on to something.

 

[ZanMan]

ZanMan, did you memorize all that! Damn. Even Chuck would be impressed.

In my younger days, maybe! I paused it as I typed. Found those stats to be very telling.

 

[paultzman]

 

[paultzman]

Good comparison

 

[sjc88]

Good comparison

You mean you can actually ”defend” against the 3. Well, I’ll be!

 

[lawmanfan]

There was a stretch of time where you could automatically pencil Izzo into the sweet 16. I think Lawmanfan might be on to something.

dunno about that but he's definitely on something

 

[FriendofJohnnie]

AJ Storr is still a loser in my book. He chose to not play for a Hall of Fame coach or was it the NIL. This is the landscape we live in. If he is on our team this year we have 23-24 wins easy. Still disgusted.

 

[paultzman]

AJ Storr is still a loser in my book. He chose to not play for a Hall of Fame coach or was it the NIL. This is the landscape we live in. If he is on our team this year we have 23-24 wins easy. Still disgusted.

 

[Jack Williams]

weak to call someone a loser for leaving after the coach he committed to got fired IMO

 

[bucketshardy]

do you entertain bringing him back? he'll be costly... but will prob be on some pre-season All-America lists....

 

[room112]

I'm mixed on Storr. He had a nice season scoring. But he was a high volume shooter, wasn't a great rebounder, wasn't a great defender, and barely got any assists.

 

[Jack Williams]

Morehead State a tough team

 

[bucketshardy]

I'm mixed on Storr. He had a nice season scoring. But he was a high volume shooter, wasn't a great rebounder, wasn't a great defender, and barely got any assists.

nice is a bit of an understatement... dude had a Awesome season- bucket getter - killed it in the B10 Tourney... prob not many assists cause he was the one being Passed To*...

not sure how one measures defense (metric wise) unless watching games (which i didn't)...

This is probably a moot point... He'll be a Jayhawk or some other blue-blood

 

[logen]

AJ Storr is still a loser in my book. He chose to not play for a Hall of Fame coach or was it the NIL. This is the landscape we live in. If he is on our team this year we have 23-24 wins easy. Still disgusted.

Not nearly as big a fan as many of Storr as a player but that description is way over the top. The young man played by the rules and seems like a stand up person.
Not aimed at you but here’s a thought, Rick Pitino is not for everyone and is not beyond reproach.
For the record, he gets a 100% complete pass from me because of the circumstances but I don’t think he had anything resembling a HOF year. Eventually got it turned around but it took a while and came after some mind boggling losses.

 

[Marillac2]

do you entertain bringing him back? he'll be costly... but will prob be on some pre-season All-America lists....

I feel the same way I did last May.